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Or Yehuda wis established in 1950 on the site o the umwhile Arab veelage o Saqiya, tae settle Jews frae Iraq an North Africae.[2] In 1988, Or Yehuda wis declared as a ceety. The ceety is nou kent for its proximity tae the internaitional Israeli airport o Ben Gurion. Or Yehuda is locatit whaur the biblical ceety o Kefar Ono uised tae staund.

Accordin tae CBS, as of 2000, in the ceety there wur 10,281 salaried wirkers an 1,079 are sel-employed. The mean monthly wage in 2000 for a salaried wirker in the ceety is ILS 5,069, a real chynge o 10.8% ower the course o 2000. Salaried males hae a mean monthly wage o ILS 6,220 (a real chynge o 8.9%) versus ILS 3,901 for females (a real chynge o 12.9%). The mean income for the sel-employed is 6,638. There are 598 fowk who receive unemployment benefits an 1,605 fowk who receive an income guarantee.

Accordin tae CBS, there are 14 schools an 5,147 students in the ceety. They are spread oot as 10 elementary schools an 2,894 elementary school students, an 6 hie schools an 2,253 hie school students. 55.7% o 12t grade students wur entitled tae a matriculation certificate in 2001.